For contractors and building-materials suppliers · Nigeria

Stop losing contractor orders in your quotes.Track every enquiry from price to delivery.EliteTeQ Inbox for contractors, builders and building-materials suppliers in Nigeria

A contractor asks for 200 bags of cement and 50 lengths of steel, delivered to site. Your quote goes out, someone else replies faster with a better price, and the order is gone.

EliteTeQ Inbox brings project enquiries, material quotes and contractor orders from WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram into one shared inbox. Each buyer has a salesperson, quotes are tracked to orders and delivery, and repeat contractors are easy to find. Staff in Lagos and Abuja or anywhere else answer from one +234 business number, with office hours on Lagos time (WAT).

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  • Material prices and stock
  • Bulk quotes for sites
  • Delivery to site
  • Project and contractor enquiries
EliteTeQ Inbox chat screen: the list of customer chats with unread counts and the teammate on each, and an open Messenger chat that started from an ad, with an automatic greeting, a staff reply, an internal comment, the lead stage and the reply-window timer
  1. The ad this customer tapped
  2. Lead stage, one tap
  3. Internal comment, never sent
  4. Time left to reply
A chat on the phone that started from an Instagram ad, with replies from the Instagram app and from a teammate

Real screen · demo workspace with example data

Sound familiar? What construction teams in Nigeria tell us

  1. Contractors ask for bulk quotes and we never chase them.

    EliteTeQ Inbox

    Pipeline filtered to hot leads, with reasons like New from an ad and Waiting for your reply

    Every quote sits on a pipeline. Waiting buyers are flagged hot, and filters show each salesperson’s list.

  2. Our yard, office and drivers all use different phones.

    EliteTeQ Inbox

    EliteTeQ Inbox chat list with views for All, Mine, Unassigned and Unread, filters by stage, team and category, and each chat’s channel, unread count and teammate

    Everyone answers the business number from their own login, and every chat stays in one inbox.

  3. We can’t tell which of our Facebook ads bring contractors.

    EliteTeQ Inbox

    Report card showing the share of leads from direct messages versus ads, and the top ads ranked by leads and clients won

    Ad leads arrive with the ad’s name, and reports rank ads by leads and clients won.

Every enquiry is a customer deciding where to spend. Don’t let yours wait.

One shared inbox for contractors, builders and building-materials suppliers in Nigeria.

EliteTeQ Inbox is a customer conversation and CRM platform. WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram DMs and comments land in one workspace your whole team answers from.

Customers in Nigeria write in English, Pidgin, Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo, and your team replies in the same chat. Every enquiry below gets an owner, a stage and a follow-up:

Less switching between phones. More enquiries turned into customers.

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With EliteTeQ Inbox, you can

  • Material prices and stock
  • Bulk quotes for sites
  • Delivery to site
  • Project and contractor enquiries

What is a WhatsApp CRM for construction?

A WhatsApp CRM for construction is a shared inbox and lead pipeline for the messages contractors, builders and building-materials suppliers in Nigeria get every day. EliteTeQ Inbox connects your WhatsApp Business number, Facebook Page and Instagram account, lets several staff answer from their own logins, puts every customer on a pipeline (for example Enquiry, Quote sent, Negotiating), and shows the owner who answered and how fast.

  • One business number, many staff, each with their own login
  • Every chat assigned to one person, with internal notes
  • A pipeline named after your own steps
  • Reports on reply speed, leads per day and ad sources

EliteTeQ Inbox at a glance

EliteTeQ Inbox at a glance
ProductEliteTeQ Inbox, by EliteTeQ Softwares Limited (Nairobi, Kenya)
What it isA WhatsApp team inbox and CRM
ChannelsWhatsApp Business (official Cloud API, works alongside the WhatsApp Business app), Facebook Messenger, Instagram DMs, Facebook and Instagram comments
Works onAny browser; installs on Android and iPhone
PriceFrom $29 a month; $59 Growth; $99 Business with unlimited people; a year costs 10 months
Free trial7 days, every feature open
WhatsApp numbers1 to 3 included by plan; up to 20 per business (Meta’s limit once the business is verified with Meta)
In Nigeria+234 WhatsApp Business numbers, office hours on Lagos time (WAT)
LanguagesCustomers write in English, Pidgin, Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo
SetupAbout 40 minutes, or done with you on WhatsApp
Last reviewed2026-11-01

How construction teams use EliteTeQ Inbox

Real screens from our demo workspace, with example data.

Quotes followed to orders

Move buyers from quote to confirmed to delivered. Tag repeat contractors with a category.

  • Stages you name yourself
  • Categories for contractor or retail
  • Hot leads flagged
EliteTeQ Inbox pipeline board with columns from New lead to Client and Lost, each card showing the customer, the last message, hot-lead reasons and the teammate in charge

Real screen · demo workspace with example data

Office, yard and sales together

Assign chats, pass delivery questions to the yard with a note, and keep the history.

  • Assign or transfer with a note
  • Internal comments
  • Auto-assign in turn
An open customer chat in EliteTeQ Inbox showing the ad it came from, an automatic greeting, a staff reply and an internal comment to the owner

Real screen · demo workspace with example data

Which ads bring contractors

Leads per day, leads from ads against direct, and clients won per ad.

  • Ad name on every lead
  • Leads per day
  • Team leaderboard
EliteTeQ Inbox reports: new leads, typical first reply time, clients won, leads per day from ads and direct, and the top ads by leads

Real screen · demo workspace with example data

A pipeline for construction

An example you can set up in Settings → Pipeline stages and rename any time.

  1. Enquiry
  2. Quote sent
  3. Negotiating
  4. Order confirmed
  5. Delivered
  6. Lost
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No credit card required · Plans from $29/month

Get your team answering in a day

No installation and no long training.

  1. Create your account

    Register with your email. The 7-day trial opens every feature, no card needed.

  2. Connect your channels

    Link your Facebook Page and Instagram. We connect your +234 WhatsApp Business number with you on WhatsApp, on Lagos time (WAT), in about 40 minutes.

  3. Invite your team

    Add staff with their own logins as Owner, Admin or Agent, whether they work in Lagos and Abuja or from home.

  4. Set up your pipeline

    Name the stages after how you work, for example: Enquiry → Quote sent → Negotiating → Order confirmed.

  5. Start answering

    Assign chats, follow up hot leads and watch the reports.

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No credit card required · Plans from $29/month

More than a shared inbox. A better way to manage your customer relationships.

A shared inbox helps your team see messages. EliteTeQ goes further, connecting every conversation to lead management, team coordination and sales visibility.

Designed for teams
Employees work with their own logins, roles and responsibilities.
Conversations connected to customers
Every message sits with the customer’s history and their stage on your pipeline, not as an isolated chat.
Visibility for management
See how your team handles enquiries, how fast they reply and where follow-ups are needed.
Grows with your business
Start with a small team, then add people, numbers and a bigger plan as you grow.
Easy to get started
Register online, explore every feature on the free trial, and set up your workspace without waiting for a salesperson.

Simple pricing. No complicated contracts.

The same plans for every industry in Nigeria, in US dollars: Starter $29, Growth $59, Business $99 a month. Paying yearly costs 10 months. 7-day free trial, no credit card. Meta’s WhatsApp charges, where they apply, are separate.

Try Growth free for 7 daysNo card needed · you choose the plan when you pay

Build your package: extra people, numbers and onboarding →

Phones and personal chats vs EliteTeQ Inbox

The difference is that every enquiry has an owner and nothing depends on one phone, whether your team is in Lagos and Abuja or at home.

Phones and personal chats vs EliteTeQ Inbox
Phones and personal chatsEliteTeQ Inbox
Whoever holds the phone answersEvery staff member answers from their own login
Two people reply to the same customerEach chat is assigned to one person
Quotes and follow-ups forgottenWaiting chats and hot leads are flagged
Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp on different devicesEvery channel in the same list
No idea how fast customers get an answerReply speed and leads per person in reports

EliteTeQ Inbox in Nigeria

EliteTeQ Inbox works for contractors, builders and building-materials suppliers in Nigeria on your existing +234 WhatsApp Business number. Customers see your business name as they do today, and your team answers from Lagos and Abuja or anywhere else.

In Nigeria, a lot of buying starts as a WhatsApp or Instagram message: a price check, a “is this available?”, a photo of a product. When one phone is shared between staff, those enquiries get lost overnight. EliteTeQ Inbox puts them in one list that the whole team can see, from Lagos to Kano.

Customers write in English, Pidgin, Yoruba, Hausa or Igbo, often mixed in one chat. Your team answers the way the customer writes; template messages are created in English.

Office hours are set day by day for each number. A common setup in Lagos or Abuja: weekdays open, Saturday mornings open, Sunday closed. Anyone who writes while you are closed gets your away message, at most once every 12 hours, and the chat waits at the top of the list for the morning.

Selling on WhatsApp in Nigeria

Commerce is concentrated in Lagos, the southeast trading cities and the northern market hubs, each with its own pricing culture. Instant transfer displaced cash faster than most markets, and agent networks fill the gap where branches do not reach. Power interruption is a daily operating assumption, not an incident.

Aba

Abia State · a manufacturing and garment-production centre

Production clusters and selling points sit side by side, so the same business often makes goods in the morning and sells them in the afternoon. Orders come from traders in batches rather than from individual shoppers. Aba is known for small-scale manufacturing, particularly garments, footwear and leather goods, much of it produced in clusters of workshops and sold on to traders. Construction enquiries from Aba land in one shared inbox, so a quote never waits on one person’s phone.

Benin City

Edo State · the commercial and administrative centre of Edo State

Retail concentrates along the ring road and the main market areas, with steady transit trade from the Lagos–southeast route passing through. Most operators run one or two outlets. Benin City serves as the trade and administrative hub for Edo State and a staging point on the routes between Lagos and the southeast, which gives it a steady mix of local retail, transit trade and government-linked services spending. Construction enquiries from Benin City land in one shared inbox, so a quote never waits on one person’s phone.

Enugu

Enugu State · a southeastern administrative and commercial centre

Independence Layout and New Haven carry the newer restaurant and retail trade while the older commercial areas stay conventional. Demand is steadier across the week than in the trading cities nearby. Enugu functions as an administrative and service centre for the southeast, with a growing hospitality and restaurant trade alongside conventional retail. Construction enquiries from Enugu land in one shared inbox, so a quote never waits on one person’s phone.

Kaduna

Kaduna State · a northern industrial and administrative centre

The city supplies smaller towns across the state, so wholesale and retail run through the same premises. Being on the Abuja–north corridor gives steady transit trade. Kaduna combines light industry, agricultural processing and a significant administrative presence, and sits on the main road and rail corridor between Abuja and the north. Construction enquiries from Kaduna land in one shared inbox, so a quote never waits on one person’s phone.

EliteTeQ Inbox in every city of Nigeria

  • LagosLagos State · Nigeria's commercial capital and busiest port city
  • AbujaFederal Capital Territory · Nigeria's administrative capital
  • KanoKano State · the commercial hub of northern Nigeria
  • IbadanOyo State · a major southwestern commercial and university city
  • Port HarcourtRivers State · the centre of Nigeria's oil and gas industry
  • OnitshaAnambra State · one of West Africa's largest market and distribution centres
  • AbaAbia State · a manufacturing and garment-production centre
  • Benin CityEdo State · the commercial and administrative centre of Edo State
  • EnuguEnugu State · a southeastern administrative and commercial centre
  • KadunaKaduna State · a northern industrial and administrative centre

Reviewed by the EliteTeQ team ·

Questions businesses ask us

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Is there a WhatsApp CRM for construction in Nigeria?

Yes. Construction teams in Nigeria use EliteTeQ Inbox with their own +234 WhatsApp Business number. Staff in Lagos, Abuja or anywhere else answer from their own logins, customers write in English, Pidgin, Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo, and office hours run on Lagos time (WAT). Plans start at $29 a month with a 7-day free trial.

Does it manage stock and invoices?

No. EliteTeQ POS handles building-materials stock and sales; EliteTeQ Inbox handles the conversations and quotes.

Can branches have separate numbers?

Yes. Connect several WhatsApp Business numbers in one workspace, each with its own team.

Can I import my existing contractor contacts?

Yes. Import contacts from your phone (.vcf) or a spreadsheet (.csv).

Can several staff use the same WhatsApp number?

Yes. Everyone signs in with their own login, on a computer or phone, and each chat is assigned to one person. The WhatsApp Business app on your phone can stay connected.

How much does it cost?

Starter is $29 a month for 1 WhatsApp number and 3 people, Growth $59 for 2 numbers and 6 people, and Business $99 for 3 numbers and unlimited people. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial.

WhatsApp rules on this page, from Meta:WhatsApp Business Platform pricing (Meta)Messaging limits (Meta)Message templates (Meta)Business phone numbers and limits (Meta)About the WhatsApp Business Platform (Meta)

Every construction enquiry is an opportunity. Don’t let yours get lost in Nigeria.

Bring your channels, your team and every customer conversation into one organised workspace.

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